Week 4 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 09/25/2016

Week 4 FCS Football Power Rankings

The CSM FCS Power Rankings are a simpler way of evaluating the strength of the 125 teams in the Football Championship Subdivision. It doesn't work on an overly complicated computer program, although it's more involved than just a team's record.

Each team receives points by winning games and scoring points and are penalized for losses and points allowed. Depending on the conference level each team belongs to, they also receive a constant points bonus. This is done for more proper sorting. Teams in conferences with automatic playoff bids that give scholarships get the largest bonuses. Those from conferences with automatic playoff bids that do not give or give minimal scholarships, get a lesser bonus. Lastly, schools from conferences that do not have automatic playoff bids get the smallest bonus.

Each team is also judged on their schedule, which is part of a three part RPI-style multiplier. This, in combination with the raw points they score from above, is where a team's final Power Ranking is derived. Early on, the numbers may skew the Rankings some, as blowouts or overly strong/weak schedules can make a larger difference. After about halfway through the season, the Rankings should start settling down into a truer display.

RANK	TEAM	RATING	W	L	Prev
1	North Dakota State	41.31	3	0	N/A
2	Eastern Washington	34.73	3	1	N/A
3	Indiana State	31.71	3	1	N/A
4	Cal Poly	30.72	3	1	N/A
5	Samford	28.89	2	1	N/A
6	Western Illinois	28.62	3	0	N/A
7	Youngstown State	28.46	2	1	N/A
8	James Madison	28.13	3	1	N/A
9	Illinois State	26.95	2	2	N/A
10	Delaware	26.79	2	1	N/A
11	Sacred Heart	25.47	4	0	N/A
12	Tennessee-Martin	25.16	2	2	N/A
13	Sam Houston State	24.70	3	0	N/A
14	Chattanooga	24.46	4	0	N/A
15	Albany	23.91	4	0	N/A
16	Dartmouth	23.60	2	0	N/A
17	South Dakota State	22.77	1	2	N/A
18	Richmond	22.66	3	1	N/A
19	Villanova	22.33	3	1	N/A
20	Montana	22.08	2	1	N/A
21	Tennessee State	21.64	3	0	N/A
22	Central Arkansas	21.47	3	1	N/A
23	Nicholls State	20.49	1	2	N/A
24	Wofford	20.43	3	1	N/A
25	Eastern Illinois	20.27	3	1	N/A
26	Harvard	19.49	2	0	N/A
27	Liberty	19.39	1	3	N/A
28	Jacksonville State	19.22	3	1	N/A
29	Southern Utah	18.99	2	1	N/A
30	East Tennessee State	18.98	2	1	N/A
31	Lehigh	18.96	2	2	N/A
32	Charleston Southern	18.90	2	2	N/A
33	Mercer	18.89	1	2	N/A
34	Georgetown	18.73	3	0	N/A
35	Northern Arizona	18.63	1	3	N/A
36	Kennesaw State	18.00	2	1	N/A
37	The Citadel	17.94	3	0	N/A
38	Stony Brook	17.81	2	2	N/A
39	Fordham	17.61	2	1	N/A
40	Colgate	17.26	1	2	N/A
41	Coastal Carolina	17.16	3	1	N/A
42	Gardner-Webb	16.31	1	2	N/A
43	Brown	16.23	1	1	N/A
44	New Hampshire	15.96	2	2	N/A
45	Holy Cross	15.95	1	3	N/A
46	Northern Iowa	15.25	1	2	N/A
47	Abilene Christian	15.23	0	4	N/A
48	Grambling State	15.09	3	1	N/A
49	Furman	14.86	0	4	N/A
50	North Carolina A&T	14.75	2	1	N/A
51	North Dakota	14.61	2	2	N/A
52	Cornell	14.59	2	0	N/A
53	Montana State	14.58	2	2	N/A
54	Western Carolina	14.36	1	2	N/A
55	McNeese State	14.09	2	2	N/A
56	Virginia Military	13.58	2	1	N/A
57	Towson	13.26	1	2	N/A
58	William & Mary	13.13	2	2	N/A
59	San Diego	13.08	2	1	N/A
60	South Dakota	12.97	1	2	N/A
61	Prairie View A&M	12.72	3	1	N/A
62	Campbell	12.65	3	1	N/A
63	Stephen F. Austin	12.60	3	1	N/A
64	Duquesne	12.45	2	2	N/A
65	Southern Illinois	12.18	2	1	N/A
66	Eastern Kentucky	12.14	1	2	N/A
67	Houston Baptist	11.69	2	2	N/A
68	Northern Colorado	11.43	2	1	N/A
69	Princeton	10.89	1	1	N/A
70	Missouri State	10.86	2	1	N/A
71	Southeast Missouri State	10.86	1	3	N/A
72	Portland State	10.39	1	3	N/A
73	Lafayette	10.17	1	3	N/A
74	UC Davis	10.07	1	3	N/A
75	Tennessee Tech	9.99	1	3	N/A
76	Bucknell	9.66	1	3	N/A
77	Valparaiso	9.58	2	2	N/A
78	Lamar	9.44	0	3	N/A
79	Monmouth	9.26	2	2	N/A
80	Bryant	9.22	2	2	N/A
81	Weber State	9.15	2	2	N/A
82	Southern	8.94	2	2	N/A
83	St. Francis	8.66	1	3	N/A
84	Idaho State	8.66	2	2	N/A
85	Wagner	8.40	2	1	N/A
86	Davidson	8.31	2	2	N/A
87	North Carolina Central	8.21	2	2	N/A
88	Southeastern Louisiana	7.90	1	2	N/A
89	Butler	7.88	2	2	N/A
90	Stetson	7.67	1	2	N/A
91	Texas Southern	7.50	2	2	N/A
92	Elon	7.46	2	2	N/A
93	Jacksonville	7.18	2	1	N/A
94	Northwestern State	6.84	0	4	N/A
95	Morehead State	6.72	1	3	N/A
96	Dayton	6.38	2	2	N/A
97	Maine	5.81	0	3	N/A
98	Columbia	4.87	0	2	N/A
99	Penn	4.63	0	2	N/A
100	Marist	4.36	0	3	N/A
101	Central Connecticut State	4.36	1	3	N/A
102	Hampton	4.31	1	2	N/A
103	Presbyterian	4.15	1	3	N/A
104	Alcorn State	4.08	1	2	N/A
105	Rhode Island	4.01	0	4	N/A
106	Murray State	3.65	0	4	N/A
107	Drake	3.64	2	2	N/A
108	Jackson State	3.03	1	3	N/A
109	Austin Peay	3.00	0	3	N/A
110	Incarnate Word	2.87	1	3	N/A
111	Bethune-Cookman	2.67	0	3	N/A
112	Alabama A&M	2.24	1	3	N/A
113	Sacramento State	2.23	0	4	N/A
114	Norfolk State	1.95	1	3	N/A
115	South Carolina State	1.48	1	3	N/A
116	Yale	0.96	0	2	N/A
117	Robert Morris	0.91	1	3	N/A
118	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.82	1	3	N/A
119	Alabama State	0.40	0	4	N/A
120	Morgan State	0.15	1	2	N/A
121	Howard	-0.79	0	4	N/A
122	Mississippi Valley State	-1.96	0	4	N/A
123	Florida A&M	-2.94	0	4	N/A
124	Savannah State	-4.04	1	2	N/A
125	Delaware State	-4.96	0	3	N/A

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	22.82
2	SOUTHERN	21.79
7	OHIO VALLEY	19.58
5	COLONIAL	16.96
8	PATRIOT	15.12
3	BIG SKY	14.69
4	BIG SOUTH	14.06
6	SOUTHLAND	13.92
9	IVY LEAGUE	11.00
12	NORTHEAST	8.84
10	PIONEER	8.44
11	SOUTHWESTERN	4.91
13	MID-EASTERN	1.65

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